Railway Ecology [electronic resource]

• Tác giả: Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Borda-de-Água Luís., Henrique Miguel Pereira
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9783319574950 (print)
• ISBN-13: 978-3319574967
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 577 Ecology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: XXX, 320 p. 53 illus., 28 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 117528
• Chủ đề: 1. Applied ecology; 2. Biodiversity; 3. Environment; 4. Environmental sciences; 5. Nature conservation; 6. Urban geography

Tóm tắt

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology. The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and theoretical principles of railway ecology. The chapters consider the impacts of railways on wildlife populations and concentrate on four major topics: mortality, barrier effects, species invasions and disturbances (ranging from noise to chemical pollution). Part two focuses on a number of case studies from Europe, Asia and North America written by an international group of experts.